House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 6, 1997
- Committee actionOct 22, 1997
- Passed HouseNov 8, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 6, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 7, 1998 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2614.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2614, Reading Excellence Act of 1997” on October 24, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on October 22, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 24, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10502
- CBO publication date
- October 24, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2614, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2614
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c79fa13d704a672c24f03b66e40c8cab9e0305f97243410e27178a91a4a9bd15
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2614, An act to improve the reading and literacy skills of children and families” on June 1, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources on May 13, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 1, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10848
- CBO publication date
- June 1, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2614, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2614
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c79fa13d704a672c24f03b66e40c8cab9e0305f97243410e27178a91a4a9bd15
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 105-348 ↗; S. Rept. 105-208 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 10, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/348
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/208 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2614, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2614
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c79fa13d704a672c24f03b66e40c8cab9e0305f97243410e27178a91a4a9bd15
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2614, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
6 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Pat Danner (D-MO), James Greenwood (R-PA), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Charles Norwood (R-GA), Frank Riggs (R-CA), Marge Roukema (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Goodling.
- H.R. 5 (105th) Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997
- H.R. 2846 (105th) To prohibit spending Federal education funds on national testing without explicit and specific legislation.
- H.R. 3246 (105th) Fairness for Small Business and Employees Act of 1998
- H.Res. 507 (105th) Providing special investigative authority for the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- H.Con.Res. 202 (105th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government should acknowledge the importance of at-home parents and should not…
- H.Res. 214 (105th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Education should suspend any and all planning, development…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.